Head Start Carolers Spread Holiday Cheer Around UAMS

Dec. 20, 2013 | More than 40 preschool-aged children and their teachers decked in holiday attire from the UAMS Head Start program visited campus this week to spread holiday cheer.

UAMS Professors among First to Achieve New Clinical Informatics Certification

Dec. 18, 2013 | Dec. 18, 2013 | Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professors are among only four physicians in Arkansas recently to earn board certification in clinical informatics, a medical specialty focused on safer and more efficient patient care.

Audiology Students Soundproof the UAMS Sim Center

Dec. 17, 2013 | While the UAMS Simulation Center gives students and health care professionals experience practicing skills in a realistic environment with high-tech manikins, faculty members and the center’s staff had noticed a problem.

UAMS Hosts Researchers From Several States

Dec. 10, 2013 | Dec. 10, 2013 | Scientific researchers shared their findings with each other at the UAMS-hosted 2013 Southeast Regional IDeA meeting in mid-November at the Little Rock Marriott while learning about a new funding opportunity to commercialize their discoveries.

UAMS Employees Deck the Halls at Annual Hollyday Concert

Dec. 9, 2013 | Dec. 9, 2013 | This year’s Hollyday Concert at UAMS was pleasantly interrupted by a jolly group of employees who pulled off the first-ever flash mob during the annual showcase of festive performances.

UAMS-Developed Product Hits 121 Walmart Stores

Dec. 3, 2013 | Omnibalm Daily Foot Therapy, a cream for general and diabetic foot care developed by Bill Gurley, Ph.D., a College of Pharmacy pharmaceutical sciences professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is now available in 121 Walmart stores across seven states.

Family and Preventive Medicine Department Celebrates 40 Years

Nov. 27, 2013 | Having trained more than 250 practicing family physicians and countless medical students in the principles of family medicine and continuity of care, the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine recently celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Medical Students Gather to Remember Lives of Donors

Nov. 26, 2013 | Some shed tears while others shared words of awe over the structure of the human body. But every member of the UAMS College of Medicine freshman class expressed deep gratitude for the lives of the bodies they examined during their annual “Ceremony of Gratitude and Reflection.”

UAMS Researcher Shows Estrogen May Lower Risk of Severe Liver Fibrosis in Women

Nov. 22, 2013 | Nov. 22, 2013 | New research led by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hepatologist suggests that estrogen protects women with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) from severe liver fibrosis.

Smeltzer Earns Distinguished Faculty Scholar Honor

Nov. 19, 2013 | Nov. 19, 2013 | To understand why Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., was about to be recognized as a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in the UAMS College of Medicine, all anyone had to do was look at the near-capacity audience gathered in Pauly Auditorium to hear the announcement and to hear the veteran professor lecture.